Chapter 5 - Cultural Anthropology

Which of the following best describes the methodology of multi-sited ethnography?

Comparative

_______ are people who are expelled by the authorities of their home countries.

Exiles

Globalization is very exciting to anthropologists right now because they have never studied interconnectivity before.

False

Eric Wolf encouraged anthropologists to consider what in their field studies?

History

________________ are people who leave their homes to work for a time in other regions or countries.

Migrants

A key marker of development anthropology's success is when local perspectives and voices are paid attention to in development projects.

True

Globalization and localization are complementary dynamics.

True

Localization is the flip side of globalization.

True

Franz Boas and his students were ________, emphasizing that cultural characteristics result from a spread of cultural attributes from one society to another.

diffusionists

The recent rise of autonomy movements among Hawaiian separatists and Zapatistas in Mexico are examples of

localization

In a study on the Olympics a hybridization theorist would likely focus on

the unexpected social patterns that emerge from intermingling between athletes, fans, and officials from different countries

Often, anthropologists use the term "__________" rather than "globalization" to refer to the "global" circulation of goods and people.

transnational